The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the Department of Transportation and Communication made separate announcements on Twitter on the cancellation of flights going to and from Hong Kong and other parts of China.

MIAA said Cathay Pacific, China Southern, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific canceled their flights to and from Hong Kong, Macau, Xiamen and other provinces in China because of typhoon Usagi (local name Odette), which battered northern Philippines and Taiwan in the past few days.

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Meanwhile, Cebu Pacific said in an advisory sent to media that flights from Cebu, Clark and Iloilo bound for Macau and Hong Kong were also grounded.

Canceled flights are as follows (Those marked with * are flights mentioned only by DOTC):